Affiliations: [a] Program of Exchange Students, Kumoh National Inst. of Tech.1Yangho-dong, Gumi, Gyeongbuk, Korea
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School of Electronic Eng., Kumoh National Inst. of Tech.1Yangho-dong, Gumi, Gyeongbuk, Korea
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Corresponding author. Yeon-Mo Yang, School of Electronic Eng., Kumoh National Inst. of Tech.1 Yangho-dong, Gumi, Gyeo-ngbuk, 39177 Korea. E-mail: yangym@vivaldi.kumoh.ac.kr.
Abstract: There are two kinds of electronic components—passive and active. One of the most used electrical components is diode, because of its ability to convert AC (alternate current) power supply into DC (direct current) for use in the daily life. A diode can be used as both full-wave and half-wave rectifier. Bridge circuit theory is commonly applied to full-wave rectifiers in soft computing engineering. This feasibility based on circuit simulation study aptly uses bridge circuit theory in a half-wave rectifier by replacing two diodes from a block with two resistors and providing only one positive input. The experimental results verify that the bridge circuit theory works fairly well with half-wave rectifier, and the output is the same as that of a simple half-wave rectifier circuit.
